- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved the facilities at San Francisco’s Lombard Park during the Great Depression.
Work consisted of landscaping and building walls and paths and providing recreation facilities for mothers and children.–Healy, p. 56.
Source notes
Healy, Clyde E. San Francisco Improved: Report of Clyde E. Healy, Assistant City Engineer - City of San Francisco and Coordinator of W.P.A. Projects, Period October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939.Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $51,196.00 |
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